In a policy shift that reinstates burning of clinical wastes, Egypt is finally moving toward control of its present 150 tonnes per day problem.

With 265 ‘burners’ across Egypt, there is still much to do, not least to replace these simple open burners with efficient pollution-controlled incinerators supplemented with an efficient chain of ATT facilities.

Though we might be concerned at the lack of  sophistication, this present situation is an advance of open and uncontrolled landfill and a rather murky tendency toward salvage and reuse of items from these wastes. That must be a good thing..